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Old 04-25-2009, 10:11 AM
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Hope this is the right forum. I've figured out the notes to the line beginning at 4:53 but I need advice on how or where to play them because it's so fast that it all sounds like pull-offs to me but the notes aren't in the right places for me to do that. Can he possibly be picking each note that fast? I even considered tuning the G string up to A for this song to help some. Is he playing pick or finger-style?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqKZEoY1rgU

Anyway, the notes are:

DCA
CAG
AGF
GFD F

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Old 04-25-2009, 03:52 PM
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It is not that fast, really. For some really fast stuff, click here (there's a notice about disabled audio, but it works fine for me).

The bass part you are asking for can be played fingerstyle effortlessly without pull-offs. My choice would be this:



Fingerings are for the fretting hand, of course. Hope this helps.
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Old 04-26-2009, 08:48 PM
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Well, yes, that does help. As long as I know it's possible, I'll just keep working on it. I just didn't want to be wasting time trying to do the impossible. Thanks!
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